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Oklahoma State Disability Resources (continued)

Source: National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities
Topics: Oklahoma

Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464-0543
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org

Blind/Visual Impairments
Jaclyn Packer, Ph.D., Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (800) 232-5463
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Tracy Grammer, Chair
Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma, Inc.
P.O. Box 88
Hillsdale, OK 73743-0088
E-mail: information@braininjuryoklahoma.org
Web: www.braininjuryoklahoma.org

Cerebral Palsy
Jim Rankin, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Oklahoma
10400 Greenbriar Place, Suite 101
Oklahoma City, OK 73159
(405) 759-3562
E-mail: oklahoma@ucpok.org
Web: www.ucpok.org

Down Syndrome
Kevin Moore, President
Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma (DSACO)
213 N. Stallard
Stillwater, OK 74075
(405) 330-5025
Web: www.dsaco.org

Epilepsy
Epilepsy Association of Oklahoma
711 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, Suite 550
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405) 271-3232
E-mail: epilepsy-ok@prodigy.net
Web: www.okepilepsy.org

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
John Gajda, Executive Director
TARC
16 E. 16th Street, Suite 405
Tulsa, OK 74119-4447
(918) 582-8272; (800) 688-8272 (outside Tulsa only)
E-mail: tarc@ddadvocacy.net
Web: www.ddadvocacy.net

Learning Disabilities
Joy Modenbach, President
Learning Disabilities Association of Oklahoma
P.O. Box 1134
Jenks, OK 74037
(918) 298-1600; (800) 532-6365 (in OK)
E-mail: ldao2002@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.ldao.org/

Mental Health
Charlotte New, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in Oklahoma County
5104 N. Francis, Suite B
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(405) 843-9900
E-mail: mentalhealth@coxinet.net

NAMI Oklahoma
500 N. Broadway, Suite 100
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(405) 230-1900; (800) 583-1264 (in OK)
E-mail: nami-ok@swbell.net
Web: http://ok.nami.org/

Special Health Care Needs
Lyn Thoreson Land, State Coordinator
Family Voices
P.O. Box 32255
Oklahoma City, OK 73123
(405) 373-3300
E-mail: okvoices@aol.com
E-mail: thoresonl@aol.com
Web: http://OKVoices.org

Speech, Language, and Hearing
Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 53217
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3217
(405) 271-4214, ext. 46066
E-mail: oslha@hotmail.com
Web: www.oslha.org

Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of Oklahoma
P.O. Box 271675
Oklahoma City, OK 73137
(405) 912-7899
E-mail: victoryonthethirdday@cox.net

Tourette Syndrome
Oklahoma Chapter of Tourette Syndrome Association
(580) 233-1862
E-mail: jwinsett@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.oktsa.freeservers.com

Organizations Especially for Parents

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
Sharon House, Executive Director
Oklahoma Parents Center
P.O. Box 512
Holdenville, OK 74848
(405) 379-6015 (V/TTY); (877) 553-4332
E-mail: okparentscenter@aol.com
Web: www.oklahomaparentscenter.org

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
Terri Silver, President
Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
2801 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 214
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 681-0750
E-mail: director@pta.org
Web: www.okpta.org

State Information and Referral Service
Madalyn McCollom, Director
Oklahoma Areawide Service Information System (OASIS)
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1122 N.E. 13th, Room EB-102
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(405) 271-6302 (V/TTY; 800-42-OASIS (V/TTY)
E-mail: oasis@ouhsc.edu
Web: http://oasis.ouhsc.edu

Other Parent Organizations
Joni Bruce, Executive Director
Oklahoma Family Network
P.O. Box 21072
Oklahoma City, OK 73156-1072
(405) 203-8745
E-mail: jbruceofn@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.oklahomafamilynetwork.org

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